Beaming mechanism



G. W. KUENNETH.

BEAMING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 191s. RENEWED MAY 7. 1920.

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BEAMING MECHANISM.

APPLlCATION FlLED AUG-20, 1918- RENEWED MAY 7, 1920.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE W. KUENNE'lI-I, OF PATER-SON, NEW JERSEY.

BEAMING MECHANISM.

Application filed August 20, 1918, Serial No. 250,678. Renewed May 7,1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. KUEN- NETH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BeamingMechanisms, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention consists in certain improvements in the beamingmechanism set forth in my Patent No. 1,246,284, the same being directedto the mounting of the beams so that they may be shifted transversely oftheir axes, to the mounting of the beamcarrying brackets so that theymay be. removed, attached or adjusted with facility and convenience, andto the manner of releasably connecting the beams with their drivingface-plates or equivalent.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation, certain parts appearing in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan;

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views on lines 33 and 44, looking to theright and left, respectively, in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on said line 4 4, looking to the right;

Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of the right hand stand when employed in abeaming mechanism not adapted for traverse;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the beam-carrying brackets;

Fig. 8 shows a certain coupling; and,

Figs. 9 and 10 are longitudinal and transverse sectional views of a beamand its driving face-plate.

a is the frame of a warping machine, 6 a pair of fixed parallelguide-rods secured therein, 0 and 03 a pair of stands connectedadjustably by the reach-rod e and slidable on the guide-rods, and f ascrew, journaled in the frame and a bridge piece 9 fixed to theguide-rods and having its threading engaged with the stand 0 and adaptedto be rotated in any well known way from the shaft of the reel h of themachine. In the frame a is journaled the gear wheel 2', suitably driven,and in the bore of said gear wheel is splined the shaft j. The parts sofar described are substantially the same as in the patent to Keyworth,No. 753,079; rotation of the gear-Wheel and screw cause, respectively,rotation of the beams for winding i (through means to be explained) andlateral Specification of Letters Patent.

. ceeding shaft j slides Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Serial No. 379,685.

traverse as the winding, z. 6., beaming, proceeds.

As the invention is herein illustrated the mechanism is adapted forribbon beaming, including a plurality of beams; it is not essential,however, that the beaming unit include more than one beam.

is is a stand secured by clamps 7a and bolts 76- on the stand 0; Z is acompanion stand bolted 011 stand (Z. Stands 70 and Z afford bearings fora shaft m on which is fixed a pinion n housed in stand is and meshingwith a pinion 0, also housed in stand 70 and fixed to shaft 7'. IVhilethe traverse is proaxially of while rotating with gear wheel 2'.

Stands la and Z have cap screws 39 for securing a support, consisting ofend members 9, a tie rod or shaft 1, square in cross-section, andclevises 8, connected to the end members by the bolts 6 and havingsetscrews u to bind against the tie-rod, at different positions to whichit may be shifted around the shaft m, which penetrates said end members;the shifting movement is limited by the slots p in the end members,receiving the cap-screws p. The tie-rod carries the severalbeam-carrying brackets, and it may be stayed between its ends by one ormore clevises 12 each having a set-screw w to bind against the tie-rodand secured to a collar w on shaft m.

In ribbon beaming the beams y are preferably arranged on opposite sides,to wit, one set inward and the other outward, of the tie-rod 1", andthey are staggered, as shown in Fig. 1. For each beam there are twobrackets 2 and 2. They are secured to the tie-rod preferably so thatsimple manipulation permits their attachment thereto and detachmenttherefrom and adjustment thereon to vary the spacing of the beams. Thus,Figs. 5 and 7, each has a jaw 3 to receive and fit the tie-rod, ashackle consisting of two pivotally connected links 4-5 pivoted to oneside of the jaw, means to lock the shackle to the other side of the jawand means to impose binding pressure on the tie-rod. The locking meansis a cam-lever 6 pivoted in the end of the shackle and engageable withthe locking shoulder 3 on the jaw 3, and a detent lever 7 pivoted in thecam lever and also engageable with said shoulder. The means to imposethe binding pressure is a set-screw 8 tapped into link 4 and adapted toimpinge against the tie-rod. When the parts are in the position shown inFig. 7 the set-screw binding against the tie-rod, the bracket will beheld immovably to the latter. If the handle end of the detent lever iselevated so that said lever clears the locking shoulder 3 the cam levercan be sprung downward to relax the tension of the shackle and so permitthe bracket to be slid along the tie-rod without its falling therefrom;to

remove the bracket link 5 is swung upward,

Pinion 11 receives in its bore the axial part or hub 13 of theface-plate 13 to which one end ofa beam y is attached, such part havingscrewed into its free end the cone spindle 14 of a hand-wheel 15. Inradial bores 16 in the hub are balls or like rolling keys 17 adapted tobear outward against a hardened splitband 18 and so exert bindingpressure on the bore of the pinion 11 when the hand-wheel is turned soas to force the cone inwardly against the keys.

It is a very simple and easily effected operation to bind the faceplatefirmly to the pinions 11 or release them therefrom in the use of thismeans. It will be understood that on rotating shaft m from shaft jthrough pinions '0 n all the beams (if their face-plates are bound totheir respective pinions 11 in the way explained) will be rotatedthrough the pinions 9, 10 and 11. Pinions 9 being splined to shaft m thebracket 2 may be shifted along said shaft on the tie-rod in setting thebeams to the required spacing.

In beaming it is very desirable that it be possible to alter the planein which the material extends from the reel of the warping machine tothe beam. Thus, for instance, in ribbon beaming of the class where, asabove described, the beams are arranged in two sets, staggered, so thatthe plane of the sheet of warps to one set of beams and that of thewarps to the others are not coincident, it is of considerable advantagethat the positions of these planes be changeable so that the light maybe made to fall to best advantage on the several warps. This indicatesone object of arranging the support g-r, on

which the beam-carrying brackets are mounted, so that it may be shifted,in the present adaptation around shaft m as an axis and in such caseactually altering the distance between the two planes. Another object inconstructing the mechanism so that the planes of the warpsma-y bechanged is to make it possible to suit the position of the warps to thestature of the attendant and thus facilitate his reaching over to get atthe warps which extend to the relatively inner beams.

In those cases where traverse during beaming is not required, the stands[may be mounted'on bases 19 bolted to cross-beams as 20 of the machineframe a (see Fig. 6).

7 Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is V 1. Means to support the sheetsbeing operated upon in different planes including r0- tary means onwhich the sheets are wound and from which they are adapted to be unwoundand a plurality of rotary beams on which the sheets are respectivelyadapted to be wound, one beam being adjustable toward and from the sheetextending toward the other beam to alter the distance between saidplanes, in combination with means to rotate both beams while the firstbeam is in any of the positions to which it is adjusted.

2. Means to support the sheets being operated upon in different planesincluding rotary means on which the sheets are wound and from which theyare adapted to be unwound, and a beaming unit including a plurality ofbeams on which the'sheets are respectively adapted to be wound, saidunit being adjustable to different positions altering the distancebetween said planes, in combination with means to rotate both beamswhile said unit is in any position to which it is adjusted.

3. Means to support the sheets being operated upon in different planesincluding rotary means on which the sheets are wound and from which theyare adapted to be unwound, and a beaming unit including a plurality ofbeams on which the sheets are respectively adapted to be wound, saidunit being adjustable on an axis substantially parallel with the axis ofthe first means, in combination with means to rotate both beams whilesaid unit is in any position to which it is adjusted.

4. Means to support the sheets being operated upon in different planesincluding rotary means on which the sheets are wound and from which theyare adapted to be unwound, and a beaming unit including a plurality ofbeams on which the sheets are respectively adapted to be wound, saidunit being adjustable on an axis substantially parallel with the axis ofthe first means and between the beams, in combination with means torotate both beams while said unit is in any position to which it isadjusted.

5. Means to support the sheets being operated upon in different planesincluding rotary means on which the sheetsare wound and from which theyare adapted'to be'unwound, and a beaming'unit including aplurality ofbeams on which the sheets are respectively adapted to be wound, saidunit being adjustable on an axis substantially parallel with the axis ofthe first means, in combination with means to rotate both beams whilesaid unit is in any position to which it is adjusted including a rotarypower transmitting shaft having its axis coincident with said unit.

6. The combination of a shaft, a beam supporting bracket arrangedthereon, and means to secure the bracket to the shaft including ashackle attached to the bracket and extending around the shaft, andmeans to put the shackle under tension.

7. The combination of a beam, and means for supporting and effectingrotation of the beam including a bracket, a rotary part j ournaled insaid bracket in axial alinement with the beam, another part disposed andmovable axially in said rotary part, and means to bind said partstogether including a rolling key radially movable in the axially movablepart and adapted to exert binding pressure on said rotary part.

8. The combination of a beam, and means for supporting and elfectingrotation of the beam including a bracket, a rotary part journaled insaid bracket in axial alinement with the beam, another part disposed andmovable axially in said rotary part, and means to bind said partstogether including a rolling key radially movable in the axially movablepart and adapted to exert binding pressure on said rotary part, and awear-band interposed between. said rotary part and the ke in testimonywhereof I affix my signature.

GEO. W. KUENNETH

